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triˈangularly, adv. [f. as prec. + -ly2.] a. In a triangular way; in the form or manner of a triangle.
1604T. Wright Passions v. 221 The heart..of man triangularly respecteth the blessed Trinitie, every corner a Person, and the solide substance your common Essence. 1610Norden Spec. Brit., Cornw. (1728) 70, 3 whyte stones sett triangulerly as pillers supportinge another stone. 1681Grew Museum iii. i. v. 307 A Spar with Crystals Triangularly pointed. 1702W. J. Bruyn's Voy. Levant xxxiv. 134 This Town is Triangularly built. b. fig. As three parties to a transaction (cf. triangular 3).
1890Kipling in Pioneer Mail 15 Jan. 92/3 We nodded triangularly in all good will and swore eternal friendship. 1892Sat. Rev. 31 Dec. 758/2 The Russian refusal to negotiate ‘triangularly’ with England and China. |